Washing-machine.



PATENTED JUNE 23', 1903.

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IPatented Jane 23, 1903.

PATENT O FICE.

ROBERT J BAILEY, OF NORRIS CITY, ILLINOIS.

WASHING-MACHINE.

, SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 731,840, dated June 23, 1903.

7 Application filed December 19, 1902. Serial No. 135,929. (No model.)

Be it known that I, ROBERT J. BAILEY, a

1 citizen of the United States, residing at Norris City,in the county of White and State of. 5 Illinois, have invented new and useful Improvements in Washing-Machines, of which I i the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a washing-machine; and the object of the same isto provide a simple and effective organization of elements whereby clothing may be thoroughly cleansed by having dirt eradicated therefrom through the medium of a rotating drum 1 or cylinder for containing the same in which hot water-is permitted to pass through and vide an effective combination of elements of a strong and durable nature for arriving at the result sought. 1

The invention consists in the construction and arrangement of theseveral parts, which will be more fully hereinafter described and claimed.

In the drawings,'Figure 1 is a perspective 251view of a washing-machine embodying the features of the invention. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal vertical section of the washing-machine. Fig. 3 is a transverse vertioalsection a of a portion of the cylinder or receptacle.

Fig. 4. is a longitudinal vertical section of a portion of-one of the bars within the containing-cylinder; and Fig. 5 is a detail perspective viewof a portion of one of the bars and one of the arms supported thereby, the arm being separated from the bar.

The essential'feature of the invention consists of a rotarycylinder 1, having opposite end heads 2, of suitablenon-corrosive material, and a body 3, of galvanized iron or other suitable non-corrosive sheet metal. From the centers of the heads 2 project stubs or trunnions 4. and 5, the trunnion 5 being longer than the trunnion 4. On the trunnion 5 is a gear 6, and cooperating therewith is a larger gear 7, connected to a crank-handles. The gear 7 and crank-handle, as well as the trunnions 4 and 5,are supported on a-frame 9, The cylinder or receptacle is formed with an enlarged opening 13, through which access is gained to the interior of the same forthe purpose of inserting and withdrawing the clothes to bewashed and placing hot water therein, andremovably fitted over the said opening is a closingplate 14, held at one edge by suitable hinges and engaged at the opposite edge by turnbuttons or other analogous fastenings.

Within the cylinder or receptacle 1 are a series of longitudinally-extending bars 15, which are spaced from the wall of the cylinder or receptacle, so as to form passages 16 between the bars and the receptacle, and at regular intervals each bar is constructed with sockets 17, having end slots 18 communicating with apertures 19, leading to lower nutsockets 20. Each of the sockets 17 has one straight wall 21, which will serve as a bracing means, and within the sockets shifting arms 22 are movably mounted and each held by a staple-like pivot 23, having the terminals of the legs screw-threaded, said legs being passed through the apertures 19, and a portion of the body of the staple held in the slots 18. The screw-threaded terminals of the legs of the staple-like pivot are engaged by nuts 24, which are turned upwardly into the nut-sockets 20, so as to prevent the formation of projections on the bars and avoid injury to the clothing operated upon. The shifting arms 22 are free to swing in one direction in the sockets 17 to permit them to clear from contact with the clothes in the cylinder or receptacle when the latter is rotated in one direction, and when the said cylinder or receptacle is rotated in the opposite direction the said shifting arms will be forced against the straight walls 21 of the sockets when they come into contact with the clothing, and thereby raise the latter and turn the same over to thoroughly carry on the cleaning operation. 7

In preparing the improved washer for use a suitable amount of hot water or suds is placed, with the articles to be cleansed, through the opening 13 into the cylinder or receptacle, and the opening is then closed by fastening down the plate 14. The cylinder or receptacle 1 is then rapidly rotated, and the articles of clothing are alternately raised from one position and fall back into another and are thoroughly cleansed. At. the same time that the articles of clothing are thoroughly agitated orthrown upwardly they are saturated by falling, back from the shifting arms into the lower portion of the cylinder or receptacle. The movable nature of the shifting arms 22 prevents injury to the articles of clothing during the rotation of the cylinder or receptacle 1, and after the washing operation has been completed the plate 14 is removed and the washed clothing withdrawn from the cylinder or receptacle, when the latter may be again recharged or may be of such proportions as to contain all the articles to be washed, and thereby expedite the operation of cleansing articles of clothing.

In the event that any one of the shifting arms 22 becomes broken or injured it maybe readily replaced without rendering the entire bar, of which it may form a part, impracticable for further service.

Changes in the proportions, dimensions, and minor details may be resorted to without in the least departing from the spirit of the invention.

Having thus fully described the invention, what is claimed as new is In a device of the class set forth, the combination with a frame; of a receptacle rotatably mounted thereon, a series of bars extending longitudinally through the interior of the receptacle, and a series of shifting arms movably held by each bar, the bars being spaced from the walls of the receptacle to form passages between the bars and the walls of the receptacle to permit the water to flow around the articles of clothing held by the bars.

In testimony whereof I affix my. signature in presence of two witnesses.

ROBERT J. BAILEY.

Witnesses:

JOHN MANN, E. E. GREER. 

